Posted on 02/08/2020 10:06
I know it's only something in the paper. However, often these sort of things are leaked to gauge reaction. No indication on what is considered elderly, might we sneak through at 68.😂 If it came to pass it would certainly put the brakes on Autumn touring. I wouldn't think it would do the economy any favours either, as when the schools go back is when the senior generations normally come out to play.
Posted on 04/08/2020 09:18 byThe filtration system may in theory do all that is claimed of it but it hasn't prevent my picking up chest infections on 3 out of the last 5 journeys we made and once for my wife too. We had come to expect it and regard it as the price we paid for going. Thankfully mine were all on the return leg and didn't affect the holiday unlike my wife who suffered whilst there.
Posted on 04/08/2020 09:42
I read somewhere that over the years the amount of fresh air taken in had been reduced and recirculating increased, which aided fuel economy. Hopefully in the short term they have turned it up again and are recirculating very little.
Apparently they were able to start increasing recirculation when smoking was banned.
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Posted on 04/08/2020 09:18 byThe filtration system may in theory do all that is claimed of it but it hasn't prevent my picking up chest infections on 3 out of the last 5 journeys we made and once for my wife too. We had come to expect it and regard it as the price we paid for going. Thankfully mine were all on the return leg and didn't affect the holiday unlike my wife who suffered whilst there.
Posted on 04/08/2020 09:49
It won't protect David since any infected air has to reach the heppa filters of the aircon plenty of time to infect you and presumably more infected air is available to replace it. It probably does mean however that not all of the passengers had the opportunity to develop the chest infection whereas without the filters everybody would have had the opportunity
Posted on 04/08/2020 10:51
Well, to be frank, my take on it (possibly incorrect) is this - can you imagine the repercussions if any new outbreak of the virus was traced to a particular flight with a particular airline? That airline would be out of business within 24 hours. I believe the airlines will be scrupulous in their measures just as the airports will. Too much faith? Maybe, but I could spend a couple of hours on a bus to Bristol with no less risk. 
Posted on 04/08/2020 12:09
Air filtration is good on planes, surfaces are the potential problem and being in close proximity to someone who has an infectious illness. Cabin crews would be an ailing lot if the filtration wasn't good.
Don't know about ferries, hotels with air con, trains etc. At the moment it's an extra risk as it's such an invisible virus.
But, if we're being poetical once more as W Wordsworth might have said "keep your pecker up and enjoy the moment..." 
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Posted on 04/08/2020 12:09 by brueAir filtration is good on planes, surfaces are the potential problem and being in close proximity to someone who has an infectious illness. Cabin crews would be an ailing lot if the filtration wasn't good.
Don't know about ferries, hotels with air con, trains etc. At the moment it's an extra risk as it's such an invisible virus.
But, if we're being poetical once more as W Wordsworth might have said "keep your pecker up and enjoy the moment..."
Posted on 04/08/2020 12:33
From the BBC website yesterday.
"At least 41 passengers and crew on a Norwegian cruise ship have tested positive for Covid-19, officials say.
Hundreds more passengers who travelled on the MS Roald Amundsen are in quarantine and awaiting test results, the company that owns the ship said."
I'm amazed people for gone on cruising holidays already.
SteveL
Motorhomer from Nottinghamshire